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Bezil vs Bezel - What's the difference?

bezil | bezel |

As nouns the difference between bezil and bezel

is that bezil is while bezel is the sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

bezil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1830 , Specification of the Patent granted to Isaac Brown, ... Watch Maker, for certain improvements applicable to Watches and other Horological Machines'', ''The Repertory of Patent Inventions , Volume IX, page 194,
  • The winder is let in the bezil' of the case, and when the '''bezil''' is properly attached to the watch case the winder should be just free of the pillar plate, and is fastened to the ' bezil by means of screws or pins, or it may be cemented as most convenient.
  • * 1861 , Fraser's Magazine , Volume 64, page 444,
  • He solders the belt which he calls a bezil''''', a term which applies to any ring formed of fiat metal.When the ' bezil has taken the shape of the stone, it is rubbed on a flat slab of holystone till its bottom is worn level.
  • * 1949 , Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 22, page 67,
  • The sides of the bezil are scroll ornamented. There is no very pronounced bossing, the shape being symmetrical and smooth.

    bezel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool
  • The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting
  • The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set; the collet.
  • The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.
  • See also

    * beazle * bevel * collet

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